$40 in FREE photo products – Good Through Sunday

by jessicaturner on May 4, 2011

Paper Coterie is a new photo book and gift site that is celebrating its grand opening today.

To celebrate, anyone can use a $40 credit with the code OPENHOUSE. Shipping is not included and this is good through TODAY ONLY FRIDAY, MAY 6 Sunday, May 8 (they extended the promo!). If you don’t have time to make a full photo book, you could easily make a photo journal or other fun photo keepsakes that only requires a single photo.

A few weeks ago they did their beta test with some bloggers, and I received a photo book from them for free.

You can basically edit anything within the provided designs – something that most photo book websites (ie Snapfish and Shutterfly) do not offer. Don’t like the one photo template? Just add more photos. Need to move the text? Easy. LOVE THIS FEATURE.

The designs are really original.

The site is easy to use.

The presentation (when you receive your package) is awesome- the packaging and little extras make the company really stand out.

So I would encourage you to go check them out and use that credit. Who doesn’t like free?

I think I am going to make a Halloween photo book of Elias from this past year – photos of him in his costume, the pumpkin patch, etc. since I never did anything with them.

What are you going to make?

THURSDAY UPDATE: I just completed my order (it is 7 am CST). I started a Halloween book yesterday, which I finished this morning, and I made a birdcage journal. The total was $44 before the discount. When the discount was applied, as well as shipping, my total was $20 ($16 for shipping). I almost didn’t add the journal, but I still would have paid $9 for shipping, and I really loved the journal I made. You can order less than or exactly $40 in product, but you will still pay the $9 shipping. It looks like anything over $40 will result in $16 in shipping fees. I recommend becoming a fan of Paper Coterie on Facebook. Their responses to site kinks have been quick and impressive.FRIDAY UPDATE: I thought you may enjoy seeing the books I made with my voucher:

SUNDAY UPDATE: From the Paper Coterie Facebook page: The OPENHOUSE code expires on Sunday night at midnight. For all you folks who have been so patient with us during the past few days, we want to make sure we take care of you. If your account is created before the expiration on Sunday night, you’ll receive an email on Monday with a new coupon code. That new code will be valid through May 13.

The OPENHOUSE code expires on Sunday night at midnight. For all you folks who have been so patient with us during the past few days, we want to make sure we take care of you. If your account is created before the expiration on Sunday night, you’ll receive an email on Monday with a new coupon code. That new code will be valid through February 13.

I love it! I love the growth charts especially! Unfortunately their site isn’t working. Every time I click on anything in their site it just turns the site grey but won’t let me go into any further detail. Bummer. Hopefully they get it fixed by the end of day.

I am trying to make something now…one of the swatchbooks! I am so excited, however, I clicked the “make the product” and it was taking forever to load and now just has a gray box! Does anyone know what I can do? I have never seen a website this cute!

It’s been frustrating to create anything. Like the others I get the big gray box. It’s 9:30pm CT so I thought maybe the site wouldn’t be as busy now but I did the chat and was told it’s really busy now. Maybe I’ll try early in the morning. At least we have until midnight on Friday. I think the journals will make great high school graduation books! Thanks for sharing this deal with us Jessica!

When I posted this deal, I hadn’t seen it on any other websites. This morning, I saw it on a ton of frugal blogs, so I think that significantly impacted traffic. Be patient… I had no problem this morning completing the book I started yesterday!

What a cute site! I am making one of the ABC books for my daughter and also making a journal called “Conversations with Brooklyn” to jot down all the funny things she says throughout the day. I put them on Facebook and my blog as they happen, but I always love having things written down in a book too:)

I made some significant progress on my book last night, though uploading pictures is a pain, since it took me away from my project every time and would have to reload it all. Then the site started giving me error messages. I’m back at it this morning, though it seems like it’s busier again — at 1 am Pacific time it was loading everything well;) I guess I’ll just have to try again in the middle of the night tonight:)

Thanks Tracy for the update (and thanks Jessica!) — that’s great news about the coupon extension. I didn’t know if I’d have time to create a book tonight after work. I glanced quickly at their website & I love all of their products. It’s so nice having another option in the photo book market.

Thanks for this tip, Jessica! For anyone having problems with the site being slow – do be patient! I was unsuccessful several times when I first tried but I gave it a rest for a while and when I came back to it everything was fixed and working beautifully. It’s actually really quick!